# prude

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɹuːd/ · frequency rank #48,430

## Definitions
1. A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.

## Etymology
From French prude, from Old French prude, prode, feminine of prou, prod, prud (“good, excellent, brave”), from Latin prōde. Related to proud but unrelated to prudent.

## Easily confused with
- **pure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prude-vs-pure)
- **Pune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prude-vs-pune)
- **puke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prude-vs-puke)
- **prune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prude-vs-prune)
- **prunes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prude-vs-prunes)
- **pruned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prude-vs-pruned)
- **prudent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prude-vs-prudent)
- **prod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-prude)
- **price** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/price-vs-prude)
- **prime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prime-vs-prude)
- **proud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proud-vs-prude)
- **prove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prove-vs-prude)
- **prize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prize-vs-prude)
- **pride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prude)
- **pause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pause-vs-prude)
- **probe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probe-vs-prude)
- **prone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-prude)
- **prose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prose-vs-prude)
- **plume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plume-vs-prude)
- **Prado** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prado-vs-prude)

## Common misspellings (7)
`pprude`, `prdue`, `prrude`, `prudde`, `prued`, `purde`, `rpude`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/prude